First race is off at 11h55
Following 10mm of rain overnight off a high penetrometer reading of 27, it has been decided to move today’s Fairview racemeeting from Turf to Polytrack.
More rain has been forecast through the day.
The current surface is patchy and there are fairly large variances in certain areas. As a result, the following changes in race distances will be applied:
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